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Definition of Green light
1. Noun. A signal to proceed.
Generic synonyms: Stoplight, Traffic Light, Traffic Signal
Derivative terms: Go Ahead
2. Noun. Permission to proceed with a project or to take action. "The gave the green light for construction to begin"
Definition of Green light
1. Noun. A traffic light in its green state (indicating that vehicles may proceed). ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic) approval, or permission to proceed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Green Light
Literary usage of Green light
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"showed a second torch-light, and a green light (except when not visible, by reason
of the glare of the torch-light, which, however, would not burn but a few ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"This cannot, of course, be done with inks, since if we print green ink over red
the result will not he a mixture of red light and green light, but almost ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"This cannot, of course, be done with inks, since if we print green ink over red
the result will not be a mixture of red light and green light, but almost ..."
4. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1889)
"Now by means of the cord close the small shutter, thus excluding the green light,
rest the eye thoroughly, and then apply it to the tube. ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1878)
"green light acted quickly on the red rods, but apparently caused the green ones
to increase in number. Blue and violet rays acted like green. ..."
6. Principles and Practice of Electrical Engineering by Alexander Gray (1917)
"A yellow light is therefore the most efficient for high intensity illumination
and a green light the most efficient for low intensities; these colors ..."
7. The American Annual of Photography (1909)
"Thus a sensation of "light blue" is produced by a mixture of green light and
blue-violet light falling upon the eye, the red light being more or less absent ..."
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